cdb1
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I’ve seen some old threads but none recent, what is your preference?
just flip that around and you got my preference.Hinged floorplate. Or Browning Abolt hinged floorplate with detachable magazine.
As this thread shows us very clearly, opinions WIDELY vary on this topic. Me, I can’t stand a dbm on a bolt action rifle I’M USING. I love having one on my son’s rifle, though, because I can control him by keeping the magazine on me until I’m ready for him to chamber a round. Safety first. When it comes to my gun, though, I love blind mags and like floor plates alright. Less to lose in the woods.
I think because it offers most of the best parts of both, but also most of the worstI don't know why the Browning A-bolt mag system never cough on. I know guys who have owned them and never knew they were detachable. Even Hurd guys say they did not like it, maybe it's like why some hated the B.O.S.S because they didn't know how it worked.
I agree, it's one of the things that make the a-bolts a nice rifle to me. Only if they had a round bolt nob lol, I have a plan to fix that one day.I think because it offers most of the best parts of both, but also most of the worst
the hinged dbm is much more convenient, and way faster than a true internal, but is significantly slower than a true dbm.
Magazine capacity capped at the 4/3 since you cant have the mag stick out the bottom.
Magazine is very unlikely to be lost, but far more prone to get left behind if it's removed from the rifle. (when my Abolt was a 7 and I hunted a lot, I left my mag at home at least once or twice a month.)
It mags are also expensive if they are lost.
manufacturering wise they are probably twice as expensive to make as either a standard floor plate or plastic dbm, which dosent lend them to playing in the "budget" rifle bracket.
All in all I think its one of the finest systems used on a hunting rifle. One I'll happily buy a used rifle to get.